Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-06-11


Eociety, In London, Sir X. Temple
read paper combating the statements
as 10 the number of the population OF
China, and estimating IL at 2J7, 900, 600.
TwERrY-ysyE HUNDRED different kinds
of poisonous fishes have been tabulated
by the Toxic University of Japan. Fish
ing must be sometimes dangerous
pastime In japan waters
EACH of us can so believe In humanity
Ia general as to contribute 10 that pres
sure which constantly levers up the
sace; can surround ourselves with an
atmosphere optimistic rather than the
contrary.
EMoRAvEKo Is very ancient. The old
est records are cut in stone, some in
selief and some In intaglio. Ths hiero-
g1yphics OF Egypt are cut in the granite
monoliths and ON the walls Of the tOmbs
and chambers.
TEE elephant can 90. A very good
ivory ID nov made from bones and
scraps OF sheepskin. The next i'm
pTovement viii be the playing OF the
game Of billiards by machinery. When
shis Is done young men can stay at
home and improve their mind&
@MYsrERY gold" composition Of
platinum, tin and copper, which stands
ordinary acid tests and is said to weigh
% much as pure gold, is in favor in
England for articles OF jewelry. and has
bean ayailed Of by counterfeiters for
she manufacture of soyereigns.
THrRTEEx must he q lucky number.
yohn Bennett, of West Fairfield, Pa,
died of consumption at the age of sixty,
leaving family of thirteen children.
all are alive and well to-day, the Oldest
being elghty-seven and the youngest
sixty. Sickness has never troubled the
family.
The United States has 1900 dent
lists, who use ton Of gold and 1--WE
tons Of other metals and make 4,OO0.-
900 artificial teeth annually. Only one
American In eighty is found TO have
perfect teeth, and one-third of the
population make more or less use oi
bhe artificial product
TEE Indian Medical Gazette records
she deaths Of seven shepherds in the
Belgsum district from being struck BY
hailstones of the size Of cocoanuts. A
large number Of animals we're killed by
Che storm, which, from tho &C cunts,
produced missiles quite as dangerous ~
the Russian cannon balls.
FRon an examination Of several
skulls found In North and South Amer.
lea, and believed 10 have belonged tc
inhabitants living before the glacial pc
Riod, DIR. Kollman concludes that the
races of that ancient epoch are those oi
to-day. the same cranial and facial
forms being found. In spite of lapse oI
aime and change Of environment.
An electric tooth-pulling machine,
/ which is quick and almost painless In
Tia operations, is said 10 pull seven teeth
in ave seconds. A pair Of forceps pro
crude from nickel tube which is con
nected with q wire The foreeps ar
/ spplied TO the tooth, the operate
touches q spring. a spiral arrangement
within the tube winds up In wink
/ draws down the forceps like a flash
end In an instant the tooth is jerke,
from the jaw and cast on the floor.
BxKR ia becoming fashionable Il
4 Paxia. Saloons in which il ia sold ar
oallsd brasseriea, and most Of then
ere hAndsomer than the wins-shops
One establishment ia O beautiful re
/ production OF French inn Of two cent
hriss ago, except that the fittings an
plaborately fine. A nsw idea 10 10 cos
hume the walters, piceurss4usly, gro
tcsQusly. In one place they wear th
unikorm of the French Academy, anS
che drinkers iocosely address them b,
the namas Of @cademicianA Such erie
! % sHt, Gardou. two besrsis are Co.'S
sAOa.